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DepressionDepression that has not responded to other treatment.
Medicine-assisted psychotherapy for adults who have already tried the standard path.
No cost, no obligation. The safety screening is the first step for every patient, regardless of diagnosis.
If depression has become the baseline you have adjusted to.
You have likely already tried the standard path, medication, standard psychotherapy, or both, and it has not given you the relief you were hoping for.
Maybe you have been told you are “treatment-resistant.” Maybe you have simply run out of things to try.
If depression has become the baseline you have adjusted to, rather than something that lifts, this may be worth exploring.
Two different jobs of work.
Managing symptoms day to day.
Standard depression treatment works by managing symptoms day to day, keeping things steady enough to function.
Medicine-assisted psychotherapy works differently.
It aims at real, lasting shifts rather than ongoing management.
How it works
It uses a window of neuroplasticity created by the medicine itself, paired with structured psychotherapy.
This program may be a fit if:
- You have already tried medication, standard psychotherapy, or both for depression, without the relief you were hoping for
- You are an adult, eighteen or over, currently located in Ontario
- You are medically able to receive the medicine safely, and a free safety screening is how we confirm this
- You are looking for an approach aimed at real, lasting change, rather than ongoing symptom management alone
Reasons someone would not be a candidate
Some exclusions apply regardless of diagnosis. We go through all of them with you during the safety screening, before any cost or commitment.
Exclusion criteria wording pending Dr. DeCunha's final clinical sign-off
Treatment is not yet available outside Ontario, but we're actively working on ways to bring this to people wherever they are, whether that means a visit to see us, or a referral to a trusted clinic closer to home. Ask us for more. Get in touch
The process is the same, regardless of diagnosis.
A free safety screening, consultation, assessment, preparation, six journey sessions, and AfterCare, unfolding over about twelve weeks.
Screening and assessment
A free initial consultation and safety screening, a clinical team review, then a full medical and psychological assessment before anything begins.
Skills and intentions
Three preparation sessions to build trust and safety, teach you what to expect, and clarify what you want to work on and change.
Six supervised sessions
Six consecutive journey sessions, each three hours long, in a private supervised setting with your own dedicated therapists present throughout.
Integration and follow-up
Outcome measures repeated, then an extended integration session where you pull everything together and prepare to carry it forward.
Ready to find out if this is right for you?
Start with a free safety screening. No cost, and no obligation.